Class II. PINE GROSBEAK. 423 



short, spotted with white on the inner sides; 

 the legs are of a flesh color. 



The great particularity of this bird, and what 

 distinguishes it from all others, is the form of 

 the ends of the middle quil feathers ; which Mr, 

 Edwards justly compares to the figure of some 

 of the antient battle-axes : these feathers are 

 glossed over with a rich blue ; but are less con- 

 spicuous in the female : the head in that sex is 

 of dull olive, tinged with brown ; it also wants 

 the black spot under the chin. 



It arrives in Italy at the end of April, and 

 migrates in October. 



Loxia Enucleator. L. sordide Tallbit, Natt-waka. Fatin. 2. Pine. 



roseo fusco griseoque varia, Suec. No. 223. 



linea alarum duplici alba, Greatest Bulfinch. JEdw. 123, 



rectricibus totis nigricanti- 124. mas ttfemina. 



bus. Lath. Ind. om. 372. Le Dur-bec. Coccothraustes 



id. Syn. iii. 11 It id. Sup. Canadensis. Brisson, in. 250. 



i. 148. Hist. d!ois. iii. 457- PI Enl. 



Loxia Enucleator. Gm. Lin. 135. f. 1. 



845. Arct. Zool. ii. 33. 



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_L HESE are common to Hudson's JBiy, Szve- 

 den, and Scotland. I have seen them flying- 

 above the great pine forests of Iwvercauld, in 

 Aberdeenshire ; and I imagine they breed there, 

 for I saw them on the 5th of August. They 



